Snow removing apparatus



Dec. 15, 1931. HAYEN 1,836,116

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By pg z i I Attorney Dec. 15, 1931. J. HAYEN sNoW REMOVING APPARATUS Filed Jan. 27, 1951 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 az /zizzg z/wz A llorfxey Patented Dec. 15, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE JUHN' HAYEN, OF MILLEDGEVILLE, ILLINOIS snow REMOVING APPARATUS Application filed January 27, 1931. Serial No. 511,611.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for removing snow from the street, roadways and the like and has for its prime object to provide an apparatus which is compact in its arrangement of parts and is capable of being mounted on the front'of a truck, tractor, locomotive and the like.

Another very important object of the invention resides in the provision of an appa- 10 ratus of this nature which will suck up the 20 and operation and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of'construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an apparatus embodying the features of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section therethrough.

taken substantially on the line 44 of Figure 3. r

. Figure 5 is a front-elevation of the apparatus.

Figure 6 is a detail section taken through the connection between the elbow 34 and the conduit 31.

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 77 of-F-igure 3.

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 8-8 of Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 99 of Figure 3, and

Figure 10 is a sectional view through the beater. 1-

Referring to the drawings in detail it will Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectionbe seen that a frame F comprises side members 5 in spaced coextensive parallelism merging at their rear ends into inwardly directed extensions 6 which in turn merge into rearwardly directed extensions 7 adapted to be fastened in any suitable manner on the chassis of a truck or any other mobile apparatus so that the frame is located forwardly thereof.

A cross member 8 is secured to the members 5. A clrcular c-aslng 9 1s mounted in the frame between the side members 5 by suitable brackets 10 or other equivalent means and has a shaft 11 rotatable therein with blades 12 radiating outwardly therefrom. This shaft 11 is journalled through a bearing 14 on the cross member 8. A longitudinal member 15 extends between the cross member 8 and the front end of the truck chassis which is denoted by numeral 16. A bearing 17 is mounted on this member 15 and similar bearings 17 are mounted'on the side members 5 in alinement with the bearings 17 and a shaft 18 is journalled through these bearings 17 and 17 terminating to the outer sides of the 7 side members 5.

Gearing 19 connects the shaft 11 with the shaft 18. A shaft20 is journalled through a bearing 21 on one of the extensions 7 and is operatively connected in any suitable manner with the engine of the truck in a manner not shown, as this is not of the essence of the invention. Pulley and belt means 22 0 eratively connect shaft 20 with the sha 18. Numeral 24 denotes a hollow transversely elongated shoe open at its bottom end and tapering upwardly and merging into a conduit 25 communicating with the front center of the casing 9 through an opening 26. A rectangular skirt 27 is telescoped over the shoe 24 and has vertical slots 28 to receive bolts 29 in the shoe 24and these bolts may be loosened and the skirt adjusted to terminate the proper distance from the ground depending upon the depth of the snow and then the bolts tightened to hold the Skirt in this desired adjusted position. .A tangentially disposed outlet neck 30 rises from one side of the casing and a conduit 31 has a curved end 32 swiveled on the neck 30 as at nalled in the forward ends of the arms 39, a

drum 42 mounted on end disks 43 fixed on the shaft 41 and a central wheel 44. A plurality of teeth 45 radiate outwardly from the drum. A chain and sprocket connection 46' is pro- .vided between the shaft 18 and the shaft 41.

A rocker shaft 48 is journalled in bearings 49 on the forward ends of the side members 5 and has cranks 50 and 51 thereon, the latter being a bell crank.

Links 52 connect the cranks 50 and 51 with the cross rod 40. A link 53 is connected with the bell crank 51 and with a lever 55 mounted conveniently on the truck and having a detent v 56 and a rack segment 57 associated therewith so that the lever 55 may be rocked to raise and lower the beater with respect to the ground.

The operation of the apparatus is quite simple. rAfter the beater, the skirt, and the outlet pipe 31 have been adjusted as desired, the rotation of the beater beats up the snow so that the same will be in proper condition to be sucked up through the shoe into the casing and exhausted out through the neck 30 and pipe 31 into a truck or the like.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

to the rear of the casing and extended forwardly of the casing, a shaft journalled between the forward ends of the arm, a beater on the shaft, means for rotating the beater, a rocker shaft across the frame in front of the casing, cranks on the shaft, links connecting the cranks with the arms, and means for rocking'the rocker shaft to raise or lower the beater. V

2. A snow removing device comprising a frame, a blower supported by the frame, a laterally extending shoe having its lower end open, a conduit connecting the top of the shoe with the center'of the blower, a beater device supported in front of the shoe for agitating the snow before it is picked. upby the suction in the shoe and an adjustable outlet for the blower. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN

It will be apparent that changes in the del v tails of construction, and in the combination andarrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as newis:

1. In an apparatus of the classdescribed, a frame, a casing in the frame, a shaft journaled in the casing and having blades radiating therefrom in the casing, a hollow shoe open at the bottom and merging into a conduit connected with the center of the casing, and a tangentially disposed outlet neck rising from one side of the casing, a pair of arms rockably mounted on the frame 

